Vaginal lactobacilli, microbial flora, and risk of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and sexually transmitted disease acquisition

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1863-1868

  Martin Jr , Harold L ^a,d   Richardson, Barbra A ^a   Nyange, Patrick M ^e   Lavreys, Ludo ^a   Hillier, Sharon L ^c   Chohan, Bhavna ^b   Mandaliya, Kishorchandra ^b   Ndinya Achola, J O ^e   Bwayo, Job ^e   Kreiss, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PARK NICOLLET CLINIC   (United States)

^e Box 359909 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INCIDENCE; KENYA; LACTOBACILLUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032710330     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315127     Document Type: Article

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